Baggage-check



B HO 0 LE. BAGGAGE GHBGK.

'No. 21,677. Patented on. 5, 18581.

ATES PATENT OFFICE.

E. HOOLE, OF MOUNT VERNON, NEW YORK.

IBAGGAG'E-CHECK.

Specfication of Letters Patent No. 21,677, dated October 5, 1858.

TO all Iwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDMUND HooLE, of Mount Vernon, in the county ofWestchester and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Baggage- Checks to be Used on Railroads and other PublicConveyances; and I do hereby declare that the following' is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the annexeddrawings,making apart of this specification, in which- Figure l-is aperspective view of my improvement. Fig. 2-is an edge view of do. Fig.Ew-is a face view of do.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

This invention consists in stamping, engraving, or otherwise marking,both sides of the metal plate which forms the check, with the names ofstations on the line of the route of the conveyance for which the checksare intended; and so attaching or arranging the strap of the plate orcheck relatively with it that, by properly adjusting the strap, eitherside of the plate or check may be made the face or obverse side asoccasion may require and consequently one plate or check be made toanswer the purpose of two ordinary checks.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct myinvention I will proceed to describe it.

A, represents a metal plate which may be of sheet brass or other metaland of any suitable dimensions. This plate has a strap B, of leather orother suitable material attached to one end of it, the strap beingattached to the plate by passing the same through a slot in the end ofthe plate and looping the same therein as shown more particularly inFig. 2. The opposite end of the plate A, has an oblong slot a, madethrough it so that the strap B, inay be passed through it from eitherside of the plate as occasion may require.

On each side of the plate A the name of a station on the route isengraved, stamped, or otherwise marked, see Figs. l, and 3, Columbia.via Raleigh being stamped on the side of the plate shown in Fig. l, andVVeldon via Raleigh on the side shown in Fig. 3. The number of the checkinay be stamped on each side of it. By this arrangement the plate orcheck A, is made to serve as two different checks for the name of astation is stamped on either side of it, and either side may be made theface of the check by passing the strap B, through the slot a, from theside opposite the face side so that the strap will cover or be fittedover the reverse side of the plate. In Fig. l, the side having Columbiavia Raleigh,,, is the face side, and in Fig. 3 the opposite side havingWeldon via Raleigh on it, is the face side. It will be seen thereforethat the names of two different stations are stamped on one plate, oneon each side, and that either side by the adjusting of the strap asdescribed may be made the face or obverse side and consequently eachplate or check is made to serve the purpose of two and the usual numberof plates required will be diminished one half, and considerable expensesaved, and as the baggage master will have a` less number of checks tosort over in adjusting them to baggage, the operation of checkingbaggage will be much facilitated.

It will be understood that the strap B, is used to attach the plate orcheck to the baggage and hence it is made to serve a double purpose viz,the attaching of the plate or check to the baggage and a means fordesignating the face or obverse from the reverse side and reversing orchanging said sides as required.

I do not claim broadly, stamping or engraving the names of the differentstations on one plate or check, one at each side, for it is quite commonto employ both sides of signs, slates, etc., for analogous purposes, andthe mere employment of both sides of a baggage check for directingsurfaces, even if practicable, would not be invention, therefore;

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire' tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

stamping, engraving or otherwise marking on the plate or check A, thenames of two different stations, one at each side, when said plate, thusstamped or engraved, is used in connection with a strap B, attached tothe plate and rendered capable of being adjusted as shown for thepurpose specified.

EDMUND HOOLE. vlVitnesses:

JOHN G. SATTEBLEY, THos. H. CoRBErr.

